Cloth-winding machine



(No Model.)

W. P. SIMPSON.

. CLOTH WINDING MACHINE. No. 542,03w4.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NVILLIAM PERCY SIMPSON, OFVOVERBROOK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTH-WINDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,034, dated July 2, 18.95. Application filed Pebruary'fll, 1895. Serial No. 538,414. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known'that I, WILLIAM Pnncr SIMP- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Overbrook, Montgomery county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-Winding Machines, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to cloth-winding machines, and it has for its object to provide a machine whereby the fabric may be wound into separate rolls without stopping or slackening the speed of the delivery of a continuons web; and to these ends myinvention consists in the various features of construction and arrangement of parts having the mode of operation substantially as hereinafter more particularly set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a machine embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof.

While my machine is intended more particularly for thewinding of cloth, it is obvious that it may be utilized for winding paper or other fabrics, and while I shall describe it in connection with cloth-winding Ido not intend thereby to limit the invention to such uses, as the general features thereof are adapted or can be adapted by slight changes by those skilled in the art for many and various purposes.

It is well'known that in the dyeing, printing, drying, singeing, shearing,- finishing, or other processes through which Ytextile fabrics are passed intheir course of manufacture it is desirable and customary to wind the fabrics into rolls for convenience of handling or other purposes, and it is common to use spin-v dles, shells, or rollers, usually of wood, upon which the fabrics arey wound, and these rolls usually contain a large amount of'goods, often from one to two thousand yards, more or less, as the case may be. The goods to be wound are usually delivered from various machines or apparatuses in which they are being treated in -a continuous web, and it is desirable to provide some `means whereby the fabric canv be Wound upon a roller until it has received the desired quantity, and can then be severed and another portion wound upon another roller without stopping or slowing down the' machine or apparatus from which it is dclivered to the Winder. Heretofore this has generally-...been considerednecessary, as otherwise, after, one roll is filled and the fabric severed, a considerable quantity or length of the loose end of the fabric will be delivered onto the floor or otherwise before it is possible to put a new'roll in place and start the winding of the fabric, and even then the end of the fabric is often doubled in or so applied to the roll thatit becomes creased or wrinkled, which injures the quality of the fabric, and besides that, it is very liable to become soiled where it comes in contact with ,the floor or machinery, and it is with the object of providing a machine to avoid all these objections that my invention is'primarily made.

The construction hereinafter described provides a means whereby a true tight roll of fabric can be readily made, the fabric can be evenly cut when the roll is filled, the end of the fabric can be turned and started around the shell or roller to form a new roll, so as to avoid creasing and prevent the fabric coming in contact with anything which would be liable to injure it, and the operation can be carried on continuously, and the wholeis accomplished bya relatively simple, cheap,and effective mechanism, which has proved to be a decided advantage in the handling of textile fabrics.

With this general statement I will now proceed to describe the general principles of my invention, referring to the embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the details of construction and arrangement of parts can be varied according to the requirements of any partcular case without departing from the general principles of my invention. p

The machine comprises a suitable frame X, which may be of any desired material and configuration, upon which are mounted a series of rolls or drums, as A A A2, three being shown in the present instance and being sufficienttocarryout myinvention. Thesedrurns or rolls may be of wood or metal and are geared or connected to be driven from some suitable source of power, and Ihave shown in the present instance a band-wheel A3, connected to the shaft of one of the drums, and gears A4 and pinions A5, by means of which all of the drums ICO y maca-1 will be driven in the same direction and preferably have the same surface speed, which speed is preferably slightly greater than that ofthe delivery of the fabrics to be wound. In the present instance I have shown the drum A2 as being slightly below the plane of the other drums, as this is a convenient arrangement for 'the' delivery of the-rolls of fabric, but is not an essential or necessary feature of my invention.

The shells D upon which the fabrics are to be Wound may be made of wood or other material, and are preferably each provided with a metal shaft C, which passes through the axis of the shells and form end bearings to support the-shells while the fabrics are being wound and to support the rolls of fabric whileth'eyare being unwound or passed to other niachines or apparatus tobe properly treated.

In orderto normally holdthe shells in proper relationwith thew,indiugdrums,some suitable guides should be provided, and Ihave shown in the present instance \shaped guiding-su pportsE, whichare arranged at the ends of theshells and receive the bearing ends ofA the shafts C,andwhich are shown as connected to rodsE arranged to slidevertically in guides E2, on the frame of the machine, and normally held under stress of springs or weights E3, which tend to raise the supports, althoughthe springs or weights are not of sufficient power to raise the support and shelliwhen intposit-ion in the supports. These rodsare also provided with some means of, limiting their upward movement, as for instance, the pinl or projectionE4, which inthe present instance cornes. in contact with one of the guides E2and.pre- Ventsthe supportsfrom risingbeyond a certain definite position.

Some means should be provided whereby the shells or rollers may be held against the face of the drumor drurnsunder proper, ten,-

sion toinsure the proper winding ofl thefabries, and I have shown theiframe of thema,- chine as being provided with two. upright. guides B B, one at either side, in which are ar.- ranged to slide the Weights F. These Weights are provided with some means whereby they may be adjusted or moved in operating the machine, and I have shown them as. being provided with toothed racks E', which are engaged` by pinions F2, mountedton a shaft F3, extending between the upright guides and provided with some means for operating them,vas the.

hand-wheel F4. Any suitable way of mount.- ing these weights may be utilized; but I have found it convenient` to provide the guides.

with ribsv or, projections B', betweenv which the Weights slide in the guides, and` to hold them in position by rods or bolts B2 passing throughthe weightsand through slots B3 in the upright guides. weights are preferably provided with inverted U-shaped bearingsf, which are adapted-to tity upon the Lipper faces of the end bearings of,

the shafts@ of the s-hel1s and to thus hold the shells under proper pressure against the The lowerends of the Winding-drum, but rising with the d'runi as the roll` of fabric increases as the operation proceeds, in the manner hereinafter set forth.

While the use of a tension device, substantially as above described, is an advantage in someinstances in winding certain materials, it is not absolutely necessary to use it in all cases, as the weight of the roll itself is sufficientto properly compact the material, and in that case the tension device may be omitted.

When the roll of fabric attains a sufficient size (as indicated by the circle l) the tension- Weights are raised by means of the hand-wheel or otherwise, and the shell having risen beyond the V-shaped supports, which are prevented from followingthe shell beyond a cer-v tain distance, the rollfalls by gravity against ,the second, drum A', and is supported and `driven for a short time by the two rolls A A',

(as` indicatedtby the circle'2)aud is from there passed onward byv hand or otherwise, so that itis supported by the-second and third drums, as A A2, (as indicated by the circle 3,) While it continues. to be rotated by these drums, continuing the operation of winding until it attains the full size desired, (as indicated by the circle-4,) when it isv ready for removal. Meanwhile, after the first; roll has passed to the.. last position indicated, the operator insertsa new shell for the next roll, and this is readily done by placing the shell in the V'- shaped. supports` which are nowin their uppermost position (as indicated at 5) and bringing theweights down upon the-shell until it occupies the position 6, ready to commence the winding process, and it is now necessary to sever the fabric and start one of the severedends oflthefabric aroundthis secondshelh and this I am enabled to do without stopping` the moving fabric, and without loss or damage thereto, by thev mechanism which I am about to describe. A

Mounted in suitable guides, as G, aitached to the frame ofr the machine is a slide II, which can be moved in the guides by any suitable means,as by thelever I-I,vconnected to the slide by a link H2 or otherwise. Mounted on this slide, preferably at the top,'is a knife or cutter I, and this is preferably. arranged at4 angangle, substantially as indicated in the drawings, and is provided with pointed teeth, sothatwhen the knife or cutter is raised at the propertime bythe leveror otherwise, the fabric comes in contactwith the points ofthe teeth of, the knife, and being under tension it is quickly and evenly severed, and one end passes on andis wound upon the firs-t roll by thedrurnsA A2, while the othersevered end is wound around the secondshell in position against the periphery of the iirst drum to make anewor secondroll of fabric. In order that this free end of the fabric may be properly guided and started on its shell without beingcreased, wrinkled, or otherwise injured, I provide aguideA J, whichtends to direct the free end around the shell, and while this guide may be variously formed and arranged, in

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542,034' Y l i a 3 the present instance I provide'a bar J which is mounted on spring-arms J2, which are connected to the slide H, so that the guide moves simultaneously and concurrently with the knife I. These arms J2 may be of spring material themselves, as indicated in Fig. 1, or may be of other material controlledV by a spring, as J3, Fig. 2, the essential feature being that the guide-bar J', shall be free to follow the periphery of the shell and guide the fabric around the same, as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. I find it convenient also to provide inclined guides K, which shall direct the movements of the guide-bar J', so that as it rises with the knife it will immediately catch the severed end of the fabric and follow the surface motion of the shell, insuring the fabric being wound closely around the shell in starting a new roll. i

While I have shown the knife and springguide as being connected to the same slide and operated by the same mechanism, it is evident that they could be independently operated, although as the operations of the knife and guide succeed each other, itis preferable to operate them in the manner indicated. As soon as the pressure is removed from the lever H the slide will be restored to its normal position and the springlguide `and knife assu-me the position indicated in full lines and the fabric continues to wind upon the new roll as before.

Having thus described one embodiment of my invention, it will be seen that the general principles thereof can be carried out in many and various detailed constructions, and it will further be seen that the operation is continuous and there is no waste or injury to the fabric being wound. I may say that it is not absolutely necessary to use the V-shaped supports E, as the shell may be held in proper position by the U-shaped bearings in the weights alone; but I have found inconvenient to use the supports to aid in placing shells in position, as Well as to serve as additional means of supporting the bearings of the shells to aid in insuring a perfect wind of the fabric.

IVhat I claim is- I. In a winding machine, the combination with a series of drums, of a shell around which the fabric is wound in contact with one of the drums, and means whereby when the shell hasvreceived sufficient fabric it is permitted to move into contact with and be rotated by two of the drums, substantially as described.

2. In a winding machine, the combination with a series of three drums, of a shell around which the fabric is wound in contact with one of the drums, and means whereby when the shell has received sufficient fabric it is per-V mitted to move into contact with and be ro- ,fated by two of the drums, and then be moved out of contact with the first drum, and be rotated by two of the drums other than the said first drum, substantially as described.

3. In a winding machine, the combination with a series of drums, of a shell around which the fabric is woundin contact with one of the drums, and supports for said shell for maintaining it in contact with said drum until the roll has attained acertain size, then permitting it to move intocontact with and be rotated by two of the drums,substantially as described.

4. In a winding machine, the combination with a series of drums, of a shell around which drums, means whereby when the shell has received suflicient fabric it is permitted to move into contact With and be rotated by two of the drums, and means for 'severing the fabric, substantially as described. i

6. In a winding machine, the combination with a series of drums, of a shell around which the fabric is wound in contact with one of the drums, means whereby when the shell has received sufcient fabric it is permitted to move into contact with and be rotated by two of the drums, means for severing the fabric, and means for guiding the severed end around a shell to start a new roll, substantially as described.

7. In a winding machine,the combination with a series of three drums rotating in the same direction, of a shell around which the fabric is wound in contact with one of the drums, means whereby when the roll has attained a proper size it is permitted to move into contact with and be rotated by two of the drums and can be further completed by being rotated by two of the drums other than the first winding drum, means for severing,r the fabric a second shell, and means for starting the severed end of the fabric on said second shell, substantially as described.

8. In a winding machine, the combination with a series of drums rotating in the same direction, of a shell around which the fabric is wound in contact with one of the drums, a

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tension device for the shell, means whereby the partly wound shell may be released from the tension device and permitted to move into contact with and be rotated by two of the drums, means for severing the fabric, and means for guiding the severed end of the fabric around a shell, substantially as described. i

9. In a winding machine', the combination with a series of drums, of a shell around which the fabric is wound in contact with one of the drums, an adjustable tension devicefor said shell for holdingit in contact with one of the drums, and V-shaped supports for the shell having a limited movement, substantially as described.

10. In a winding machine, the combination with a series of three drums, of asheil around end around the shell, substantially as dewhich the fabric is wound in Contact with one scribed. ofthe drums means whereby the shell is per- In testimony whereof I have signed my mitted to move into contact with and be roname to this specification in the presence of 5 'fated by two of the drums and then the windtwo subscribing Witnesses.

ing continued in contact with drums other T than the first winding drum, a reciprocating WV ILLAM PERCY SIMPbOh frame, a knife carried by the frame for sev- Witnesses: ering the fabric, and a spring-guide also car- Jo. N. HINKSON,

1o ried bythe frame for directing the severed J. J. HAIR. 

